From: Ryan Gill (rmgill@mindspring.com)
Date: Tue Jan 24 2006 - 06:17:44 PST
At 8:43 AM -0500 1/24/06, Jeff Hain-Matson wrote:
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>Meanwhile, at the start of WWII (1939) my wifes
>father left Detriot, went to Toronto to enlist.
>The Canadian Airborne recruiter was closed so he
>went up the street to the 48th Highlanders. Said
>they had a nice looking uniform!!! He did
>Sicily, the bloody boot (Italy), Holland, and
>Germany. He came home to the US and was
>inelligable for the GI bill, did draw a pitance
>of a payment from Canada, and was inelligiable
>for all US veterans clubs etc., becase on the
>southern side of the Canadian border he, like
>you was a "mercenarie, because he fought under a
>foreign flag". Imagine that!!!!!
Why do Vets do this to other Vets? I don't get this...
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